270 articles from THURSDAY 29.4.2021

Team builds better tool for assessing infant brain health

Researchers have created a new, open-access tool that allows doctors and scientists to evaluate infant brain health by assessing the concentration of various chemical markers, called metabolites, in the brain. The tool compiled data from 140 infants to determine normal ranges for these metabolites.

Time for a mass extinction metrics makeover

Researchers at Yale and Princeton say the scientific community sorely needs a new way to compare the cascading effects of ecosystem loss due to human-induced environmental change to major crises of the past.

Two studies demonstrate new PCI approaches offer benefits to patients and physicians

Two studies related to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) evaluating the use of risk-avoidance strategies and robotic-assisted technology, respectively, are being presented as late-breaking clinical science at SCAI 2021 Scientific Sessions. An analysis of strategically avoiding high-risk PCI cases indicates systematic risk-avoidance does not improve, and may worsen, the quality of hospital...

Ultra-high field MRI detects differences in brain's 'hippocampus'

Using ultra-high field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to map the brains of people with Down syndrome (DS), researchers from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals and other institutions detected subtle differences in the structure and function of the hippocampus--a region of the brain tied to memory and learning.

Unlocking herbaria biodiversity using a QR code sampling-to-sequencing workflow

With the advent of next-generation sequencing technology, biologists are closer than ever to achieving the goal of constructing the phylogenetic tree of life. Large genetic studies with hundreds to thousands of specimens, however, are still bottlenecked at the specimen transcription stage, in which information from museum specimens is transcribed and copied into spreadsheets. Here, researchers...

NASA Sets Briefing to Discuss Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Next Steps

Portal origin URL: NASA Sets Briefing to Discuss Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Next StepsPortal origin nid: 470564Published: Wednesday, April 28, 2021 - 18:05Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter team will discuss plans for the rotorcraft’s remaining flight campaign during a virtual media briefing at 12:30 p.m. EDT (9:30...